Hot Topics:

Ashburnham man held for assault, other charges

Sentinel & Enterprise

Updated:
04/24/2014 06:31:05 AM EDT

FITCHBURG -- An Ashburnham man is being held in lieu of $50,000 cash bail after being arraigned Tuesday in Fitchburg District Court on charges of aggravated assault and battery, armed robbery, larceny over $250 and home invasion.

Fitchburg police Officer Dominic Melanson was dispatched to 163 Mechanic St. for a report of a stabbing, where a man was found lying on a porch bleeding heavily from his head and one of his legs.

The man told officers that a man named Brandon came to his home asking to use his bathroom. Once inside, the man, later identified as Brandon J. Aho, of 21 Cushing St., Ashburnham, told the man to give him "everything."

When the man told him he didn't have anything to give him, Aho allegedly said he was going to kill the resident and then began stabbing him.

Aho reportedly fled the scene with a black bag, and witnesses told officers they saw him get into a car that fled down Mechanic Street.

According to a police report included with court documents, Aho took the man's cellphone, valued at more than $250.

Welcome to your discussion forum: Sign in with a Disqus account or your social networking account for your comment to be posted immediately, provided it meets the guidelines. (READ HOW.)
Comments made here are the sole responsibility of the person posting them; these comments do not reflect the opinion of The Sentinel and Enterprise. So keep it civil.